Speaking of which.... Scored these three, one of which is also Mexican, for... $3 the lot. The rounded-bottom vase (I don't know the name of the...
If it were me, I'd run a wire (to form a bail) through the remains of the tube hinge and wear it as a pendant. Problem solved. Then you could...
Hmmm.... Turkish? The Turks do filigree like that too and wouldn't have a problem making stuff for Christian tourists.
Sometimes a blown-up blurry mess, clearly photographed, is just a larger blurry mess.
If this is as old as I think it is, I'd be more concerned if it didn't have some repairs or iffy spots! Those red circles are where the links...
Definitely at least partly silver. I'd buy that so fast your head would spin.:D The stones look like really old glass, but a Victorian jeweler...
Looks older than dirt to me. Left in the sun far too long however; the colors in the "silks" were fugitive and they decamped.
Serpentine, just the good stuff. "Serpentine jade" is a trade/use name for higher-quality serpentine. Jade it ain't.
Bride's basket, from the handle. Most of those were silverplate IIRC, and would have had a glass liner. It has a handle.
OTOH don't leave her sitting on the dresser in the bedroom at night!
Kinda-sorta.
Fumblef-ingers R Us! To make life really fun, try it on a machine with auto-correct in play.
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